Beijing, China – November 8, 2016 – A Chinese watermelon plant just broke a Guinness World Record by sprouting 131 enormous fruit, with each melon weighed an average of 10 kilograms, or 22 pounds; Zhengzhou Research Seedling Technology Co., Ltd., a Chinese agricultural technology company, created the mass-producing plant, codenamed “Tianlong 1508”, which sets the new world record for the …

London, UK – October 28, 2016 – Car manufacturer Nissan has produced the world’s biggest 3D printing pen sculpture, which is a full-sized physical render of the Nissan Qashqai Black Edition and it’s made up of an incredible 8.6 miles of filament; Grace Du Prez led the team that created this 4.4m-long and 1.6m-tall model, which sets the new world …

Rio de Janeiro— It was a tale of missed opportunities for India at the Olympic Games as star marksman Abhinav Bindra narrowly missed a medal and the men’s hockey team slumped to a 1-2 defeat to Germany by conceding a goal with three seconds left in the match on the third day of competitions today. There were setbacks in other …

Laval, France – August 1, 2016 – Hungry supporters of the attempt brought ample quantities of bread, cheese and wine; they managed to stretch out for 2.5 kilometers, beating the 1.7 kilometers previously managed in South Africa and setting the new world record for the Longest picnic. Photo: Hungry supporters of the attempt also brought ample quantities of bread, cheese …

Publisher: Allen Lane/Penguin Pages: 349 Price: Rs. 899 ‘Crime doesn’t pay’ is something almost everyone is taught around the world, but proves to be less than true (at least in the short run, which is what the great masses of people are concerned with). But is this the only wrong belief about crime and criminals we have, or are our …

Tokyo, Japan – July 7, 2016 – A bunch of about 30 grapes of the Ruby Roman variety sold for 1.1m yen (£8,350 or $5,400) – about £270 a grape, thus setting the new world record for the Most expensive grapes. Photo: A bunch of Ruby Roman grapes sold for 1.1 million yen, which is approximately £8400 in the central Japanese …

Dübendorf, Switzerland – June 28, 2016 – The electric racecar «grimsel», developed by students of the Swiss universities ETH Zurich and Hochschule Luzern, has set a new world record for acceleration of an electric car.; the vehicle accelerated from zero to 60 in 1.513 seconds and reached 60 mph within a distance of 100 feet, thus setting the new world …

Fountain Valley, California, USA – June 23, 2016 – More than 300 riders on attempted to establish a World Record for the largest parade of electric bike riders; Pedego Electric Bikes, a Fountain Valley-based electric bike manufacturer, organized the event. Photo: More than 300 electric bike riders attempted to establish a World Record for the largest parade of electric bike …

Bucharest, Romania – June 17, 2016 – During the sixth edition of the event “The biggest sport hour” in Romania, part of the national program “Sports is good”, powered by Dolce Sport and supported by Telekom Romania 926 runners of all ages took part in the first relay run on a distance of 100m, which lasted for 12 hours and …

London, UK – June 6, 2016 – Birds Eye has created the world’s most expensive fish finger sandwich to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday, costing a whopping £187 to make; the frozen food brand’s pricey sandwich includes delicacies such as sweet caviar, creamy saffron mayonnaise and edible gold leaf-encrusted fish fingers. Photo: Birds Eye have created a recipe for the world’s …